End-gate for wagons



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P. STBUERWALD & A. OORDING. END GATE FOR WAGONS.

No. 423,189. Patented Mar. 11,1890.

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END GATE FOR: WAGONS. No. 423,189. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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PHILIP STEUERl/VALDAND ALBERT; CORDING, OF S AUNEMIN, ILLINOIS.

EN o-eATE FpR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,189, dated March 11, 1890.

Application filed January 20, 1890. Serial No. 337,474. (No model.) h

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PHILIP ST-EUERWALD and ALBERT OORDING, of Saunemin, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved End-Gate for \Vagons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in end-gates for wagons, and especially for farmwagons; and the object of our invention is to provide a convenient gate that will securely lock the wagon-box and hold grain or other material, that can be easily converted into a chute or shoveling-board, that may be applied to a wagon, with or without a high box, that may be swung upwardly upon the wagon-top when not in use, and that will allow the grain or other matter to be removed from the wagon without removing the gate.

To this end the invention consists in avertically-separable end-gate having the lower portion-hinged to the upper portion, so that it may swing outwardly, thelower portion having a slide and hook by which it maybe attached to the wagon-box, and the upper portion being attached to the wagon-box by an extensible lever upon each side thereof. This construction will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims. V

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the gate as applied to a wagon-box. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same, showing a portion of the side of the wagon-box. Fig. 3 is a plan View of one corner of the wagon-box with the gate attached thereto. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the wagon-box, showing the gate in position to act as a' chuteor shoveling-board. Fig. 5 is a view showing the lower portion swung outwardly that the grain or other material may be easily removed from the wagon-box, and Fig. 6 is a view of a wagon-box with the upper portion thereof and the upper portion of the end-gate removed.

The end-gate consists of two verticallyseparable parts A and A which are hinged together, as shown, one leaf a of the hinges being attached to the lower outer edge of the upper portion Act the end-gate, and the leaf a of the hinges being attached to the upper edge of the lower portion A of the end-gate, the lower leaf a of the hinge having a curved knuckle that hooks into the upper leaf a, so that the parts may be easily unhinged and separated.

Each portion of the "end-gate is provided at each end with a wide flange B. and B, which overlaps the side of the wagon-box O and fits closely thereon, the lower end of the flange B, which is attached to the lower part of the end-gate A being curved upwardly, as shown, so that it may swing outwardly without striking the cross-piece D of the wagon-box.

The lower side of the end-gate is held in position by the buttons h, which are pivoted to a stem (Z, that is screwed into the crosspiece I), are provided at their upper ends with an inwardly-extending hook I), which engages the upper edge of a plate d on the loweredge of the part A of the end-gate, the end-gate being recessed to make room for the hooks, and are connected at their lower ends by a rod c, 'so that both buttons may be turned at one operation.

To the flange 13 of the part A, upon each side of the wagon-box, is firmly attached a plate F, having-a rearwardly-extending hook E, which engages an eye in the end of the extensiblelever F, and the upper portion of the gateis thereby held and positioned upon the wagoirbox.

The extensible lever F consists of three parts pivoted together'so that they may fold one upon the other, the middle section havin g a handle F, which curves upwardly when the lever is extended, as shown in Fig. 4, and downwardly when the lever is folded, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. r

The forward end of the lever F is pivoted to a plate H, which is firmly attached to the upper side of the wagon-box C. The plate H is provided with a projecting stud which passes through an eye in the end of the lever F, which is held thereon by a key f, so that the lever may be removed from the wagonbox by simply removing the key and slipping it from the stud.

When the extensible lever F is in folded position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the end-' gate is locked closely to the wagon-box, and the lever is retained in this position by the lug J, which is firmly attached to the wagonbox 0, and which is open at the top, so that the handle F of the extensible lever F may be forced into it.

The lower flange B of the lower end-gate slot K, through which passes a thumb-screw h, which fastens the slide to the flange l3, and by means of which the slide may be adjusted. When the parts A and A are used together, the slide K is not hooked upon the pin g, as it will prevent the part A from f? swinging.

When the end-gate is to be used as a chutefl the operator raises the handle F of the extensible lever F from the lug J and forces it backwardly, thus throwing out the upperpart of the end-gate, a nd as the endgate swings and the lower part will be held by the hooks b of the buttons 1) engaging the plates d of sitijon will form a chute through which matter may be introduced into the wagon-box. This Fig. 4..

When the wagon-box is to be emptied, the i but/6011s bare turned down, so as not to, en-

of' the end-gate may be swung outwardly, as shown in Fig. 5.

upper portion maybe removed, as described,

gate it may be swung bodily to the top of the 1 be used for a seat.

wide, as shown, they will aiford means of securely attaching the end-gate t0 the wagonbox, and will also make suitable sides. for the ters Patent, is=- 1. An end-gate for wagons, consisting, essentially, of two vertical1y-sepaiable parts hinged together, as shown, and provided at each end with a flange adapted to. overlap the side of the wagon-box, the lower edge of said end-gate being retained upon the wagonbox by suitable buttons, and the upper portion being attached to the wagon-box by an extensible lever, substantially as described.

2. An end-gate for wagons, consisting, essentially, of two vertically-separable parts having flanges adapted to overlap the sides of the wagon-box, the upper portion of said parts being attached to the wagon-box by an extensible lever, and the lower portion of said parts being hinged to the upper portion in such a manner that it may be swung vertically upon its hinges, substantially as described.

3. Avertically-separable end-gate for wagons, consisting, essentially, of the parts A and A, haying means, as hinges. a a, for attaching them together, the flanges B 13, attached to the ends of the gate and ada .ted to overlap the sides of the wagon-box, t e plates d, attached to the lower .edgeof the part A to engage the hooks b of the buttons Z), the slide K, attached ,to the flange B and having slot K and tl1umb-se17ew]c ,by which it may be f adjusted, and the plate E,'attached to the flange B and haying a rearWardly-projecting hook E to engage the end of the extensible lever F, substantially as described. outwardly it will straighten out the lever F, i

4:. The combination, with the wagon-box O and e.nd- -gate A A, having flanges B B. to

v overlap the wagon-box, having means, as butthe end-gate, so that the end-gate in this po- 1? tons b and plates at for holding the lower edge thereof, and having plate E, with rearwardly-pr iecting hook E, attached to the construction and position areclearly shown in flange B thereof, of the extensible lever F, having the jointed sections, as shown, having an eye in one end to engage the hook E,

means, substantially as described, for pivotgage the plates d", and the lower portion A ing it to the Wagon-box, and having its midf dle section provided with a curved handle, as If F, by which the lever and the end-gate at- If the lower part only is to be used, the

tached thereto may be operated, substantially V as described. and if the end-gate is not in use as an end-13 The combination, t t e wagon-box .C,

5 having pins gand cross piece D, with the butwagon-box, upon which it will rest, and may 1 tons I) attached thereto,of the lower portion A of the end-gate, having plates d to'engage By having the flanges B B of the gate" the hooksof the buttons 12, and having slide K, adjustably attached thereto and provided I with an eye to engage the pin 9 and hold the part A in position upon the wagon-box, subgate when it is used as a chute,

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let f stantially as described.

PHIL. STEUEBWALD. ALBERT CO-RD ING.

Witnesses:

WILL. E. Ross,

A. MOREHABT,

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